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To create a permanent alias shortcut, put it in .bash_profile file and point .bashrc file to .bash_profile file. Follow these steps (I am creating an alias command called bnode to run babel transpiler on ES6 code): Go to terminal command prompt and type “cd” (this will take you to the home directory.
For non-binaries, this is done by looking at the first line of the file. It should contain a hashbang: #! /usr/bin/env bash. The hashbang tells the kernel what program to run (in this case the command /usr/bin/env is ran with the argument bash). Then, the script is passed to the program (as second argument) along with all the arguments you gave ...
Step 1: Go to Preferences -> Users & Groups. Step 2: Select the user and press the unlock button and follow by entering the password. Step 3: Right click on the user and then select Advanced Options. Step 4: Select /bin/bash as the Login Shell. Note: You need to restart the shell to take this into effect.
Prompt: bash sets the prompt (mainly) from PS1 which contains backslash escapes. Zsh sets the prompt mainly from PS1 which contains percent escapes. Although the concepts are similar, the escape codes are completely different. The functionality of bash's PROMPT_COMMAND is available in zsh via the precmd and preexec hook functions.
The simplest answer is: Step 1: Fire up Terminal.app. Step 2: Type nano .bash_profile – This command will open the .bash_profile document (or create it if it doesn’t already exist) in the easiest-to-use text editor in Terminal – Nano. Step 3: Now you can make a simple change to the file.
136. The .bashrc file is in your home directory. So from command line do: This will show all the hidden files in your home directory. "cd" will get you home and ls -a will "list all". In general when you see ~/ the tilda slash refers to your home directory. So ~/.bashrc is your home directory with the .bashrc file.
On a final note, I am on Linux (Ubuntu 11) and Mac osX so I use bash and the thing I like the most is customizing the .bashrc (source'd from .bash_profile on OSX) file with aliases, some examples below. I now placed all my aliases in a separate .bash_aliases file and include it with: if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then . ~/.bash_aliases fi
Open Utilities folder and select Terminal.app. If you can't select Terminal.app, change the enabled applications from Recommended Applications to All Applications. It is at the bottom of the window. If you want to open every .sh file with Terminal.app, tick Always Open With. Press the Open button in the bottom right corner of the window.
Bash is shell. In mac you already got Bash but in windows you get Bash when you install git. So in mac you will use terminal for your git, but in windows you get separate git terminal. I think that's why you are confused. when you type . git --version if u see it is already installed so you are ready to use the git in your terminal
Use Ctrl + R for searching a command from history in Terminal. Type any substring of the command you want to search e.g. grep. It will return the latest command that matches your input. If that is not the command you were searching for, keep pressing Ctrl + R for next match until you find your command.